Today's guest is Denet Lewis, owner of Beans N Barbels, who accepted bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at his coffee kiosk at the Bitcoin 2019 conference. Lewis helps paint a picture of the pros and cons of accepting bitcoin as a small business owner and offers a glimpse into the hurdles that lie ahead for broader merchant adoption.

We've all seen it: Our social media feeds suddenly inundated with ads related to products or services we had just been browsing for.

In an increasingly cashless society, our everyday payments are being tracked and monitored by third parties in an attempt to learn our habits so they can advertise to us more effectively. Tracking our shopping habits to market to us might not be that nefarious, but in some parts of the world this same technology is used to suppress free speech or even effect one's "social credit score," as in China. While more free societies haven't gotten there yet, it could become a very slippery slope, and Lightning Network payments may just be the way to curtail such activity.

This episode features Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation discussing his recent essay "The Moral Case for Lightning." We also discuss surveillance capitalism, the Hong Kong protests and how the world might evolve if Lightning payments are adopted by the masses.

In an increasingly cashless society, our everyday payments are being tracked and monitored by third parties in an attempt to learn our habits so they can advertise to us more effectively. Tracking our shopping habits to market to us might not be that nefarious, but in some parts of the world this same technology is used to suppress free speech or even effect one's "social credit score," as in China.

In this episode, Lolli CEO and co-founder Alex Adelman joins the Bitcoin Magazine podcast to discuss Lolli's rapid growth, democratizing commerce, driving bitcoin adoption and the future of video games.

Lolli, the rewards application that lets users earn bitcoin when they shop online, has garnered more than 900 merchant partnerships since its inception with more joining every day. Its most recent partnership, announced today, is with Udemy.com, an online learning platform aimed at professional adults seeking tech skills. Users can earn up to 18 percent back in bitcoin on all courses, which range from bitcoin and blockchain to design and IT lessons.

Resources

News:

• The IRS is Sending Bitcoin Investors Reminders to Pay Crypto Tax
• Venezuela Uses Bitcoin to Circumvent US Sanctions
• Liquid Launches Support for Tether

Interview:

• Lolli - Bitcoin For Everyone
• Earn While You Learn With Udemy.com

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• Spotify
• Youtube
• Stitcher
• Google Play
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In this episode, Lolli CEO and co-founder Alex Adelman joins the Bitcoin Magazine podcast to discuss Lolli's rapid growth, democratizing commerce, driving bitcoin adoption and the future of video games.

In this episode, Dave and Grahm get back to the news: Paying Taxes in Bitcoin, Trumps Deriding Bitcoin, and Iran’s “potential” mining industry. After that, they sit down with Max Webster, co-founder of Entiende Bitcoin, to hear about Bitcoin adoption in Latin America.

Resources

News:

 

• Story 1: BTCPay Server Launches Tor crowdfunding Campaign

• Story 2: First City in Canada to Trial Bitcoin Tax Payments

• Story 3: Trump Derides Bitcoin and Nothing Happens

• Story 4: Bitcoin Mining May Come Back to Iran — If Officials Can Agree

 

Interview:

• Study Part I - 30 participants (with Give Crypto)
• Study Part II - 300 participants (with Bitso)
• Entiende Bitcoin:
• • On Twitter - @EntBitcoin  
  • Facebook 
• Cypher Perro 
• • Twitter - @CypherPerro 
  • Youtube
  • Spotify

This show is also on:

• iTunes
• Spotify
• Youtube
• Stitcher
• Google Play
• Overcast

Find more episodes of The Bitcoin Magazine Podcast here!

In this episode, Dave and Grahm get back to the news: Paying Taxes in Bitcoin, Trumps Deriding Bitcoin, and Iran’s “potential” mining industry. After that, they sit down with Max Webster, co-founder of Entiende Bitcoin, to hear about Bitcoin adoption in Latin America.

In this episode, recorded at the Bitcoin2019 Conference, Dave and Grahm are joined by Joel Comm of the Bad Crypto Podcast and Gary Leland of Crypto Cousins to discuss everything from Bitcoin, podcasting, regulations, Facebook's Libra and even a little about the great scooter debate. Enjoy!

 

 

In this episode, recorded at the Bitcoin2019 Conference, Dave and Grahm are joined by Joel Comm of the Bad Crypto Podcast and Gary Leland of Crypto Cousins to discuss everything from Bitcoin, podcasting, regulations, Facebook's Libra and even a little about the great scooter debate. Enjoy!

In this episode, Dave discusses the new Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidelines with Amsterdam-based regulatory consultant Simon Lelieveldt, who argues that these guidelines have gone way too far and are disproportionate, technically unsound and uneconomic. At the crux of this topic is the difference between how Facebook's Libra will accept regulation versus advocacy for online privacy by many in the Bitcoin community.

Resources:

News:

• Despite Industry Pushback, G20 May Impose Stricter KYC Policy on Exchanges
• G20 Supports FATF Crypto Recommendations
• CipherTrace, Shyft Unveil ID Protecting Solution to FATF Crypto Guidance

 

Simon Lelieveldt Interview:

• FATF and EU need to fundamentally rethink their approach to virtual assets/currencies...
• Simon’s outspoken argument over Twitter 
• Facebook Obtained Its E-money License(2016) 

Twitter:

• Simon Lelieveldt
• Dave
• Grahm
• Bitcoin Magazine